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At this time, the care-for-rare foundation supports the following projects

1. In Israel, the Care-for-Rare Foundation supports an interdisciplinary and international research project aiming at the identification of a novel genetic defect in israelien patients with congenital neutropenia. This disease predisposes affected children to recurrent and life threatening bacterial infections. Dr. Hannah Tamary, Head of the Pediatric Hematology Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, is an internationally recognized expert in congenital disorders of the bone marrow. She and her team are dedicated to elucidate the pathophysiology of this rare disease.
2. In another project, the Care-for-Rare Foundation supports international collaboration of Hannover Medical School Germany and the Department of Pediatrics at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Iran. Dr. Roya Sherkat cares for a large number of children and families with undefined hereditary disorders of the immune system. The goal of this project is to help these children and their families to travel to Germany so that the genetic basis of these rare disorders can be investigated by means of state-of-the-art technologies. In selected cases, patients will also benefit from modern therapeutic strategies.
3. The University of Padua, Italy, is a renowned academic center for children with inflammatory bowel diseases. Dr. Gabriella Palla receives support from the Care-for-Rare Foundation to investigate the genetic basis of a rare variant of inflammatory bowel disease in a family with three affected members. All patients suffer from refractory inflammation of the gut. Knowledge of the underlying genetic mutation may help Dr. Palla and her team to design novel therapies
4. The care-for-rare foundation offers short-term scholarships to talented young investigators from all over the world to get focused training in clinical and/or scientific activities related to rare diseases.